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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 8274663, member: 91461&quot;]Zeus above on high, do I LOVE a Cloooool Hand Luke countermark. But countermarks are much harder to identify, and tell us much less, than a regular coin right out of the mint might.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1460881[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And more often than not, after exhausting all things I can think of, I feel like Luke after getting KO&#039;d, by for this role, Oscar winning for best supporting actor, George Kennedy:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1460888[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But it doesn&#039;t have to be like that...</p><p>Herein please post the countermarks that you can&#039;t identify, don&#039;t know where they came from or plain just don&#039;t know where to begin, and we all help each other with what we know<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I&#039;ll start.</p><p>This is a Macedonian shield coin from Philip V. I&#039;ve not found any countermark like it thus far, but assume it&#039;s Roman, as what other dominate force was out there to &quot;repurpose&quot; coin in Macedon during the time of the Roman take over?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1460908[/ATTACH]</p><p>Philip V 221-179 BC.</p><p>Obv: right facing Perseus w\cm</p><p>Bronze Æ</p><p>12 mm, 2,10 g</p><p>fine</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1460917[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Or how about this silly one with *Tyche maybe, and what would her presence on this coin mean??</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1460909[/ATTACH]</p><p>Annia Faustina</p><p>Phrygia. Hierapolis. Annia Faustina AD 221.</p><p>Bronze Æ</p><p>24 mm, 4,71 g</p><p>fine</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1460920[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And lastly a, what in the world? A strange pie shape and I&nbsp; don&#039;t know what below. And on the reverse we are looking at, what appears to be an upper torso and the a head?</p><p>Don&#039;t ask me how the auction house nailed down the original coin to being 98-117 CE, cause in hand I cannot make heads nor tails of any of it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1460913[/ATTACH]</p><p>Beautiful Countermark coin, (98-117 AD). AE</p><p>Reference:</p><p>Condition: Very Fine</p><p>Weight: 3 gr</p><p>Diameter:20,2 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1460918[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]PNbBDrceCy8[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, please post the countermarks that you can&#039;t identify, don&#039;t know where they came from or plain just don&#039;t know where to begin... and help a brother out while posting your strange marks that counter![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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